Sorry if any of the following are doubles
Looks like the rumor is back alive:
Arab media report al-Zarqawi’s arrest in Iraq
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the most wanted extremist militants in Iraq, has reportedly been arrested in the Iraqi city of Baquba, according to the Al-Bayane newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates. The paper reported al-Zarqawi’s arrest last Tuesday, citing local Kurdish media. According to the unidentified Al-Bayane correspondent in Baghdad, the report on al-Zarqawi’s arrest was "first reported by Iraqi Kurdistan radio, which at one time had been the first to announce the arrest of Saddam Hussein". Al-Zarqawi’s arrest could not be verified, though, as there was no official confirmation of his arrest by the US occupation authorities, which have identified him as the “number one target” in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi, the leader of the extremist Al-Tawhid wa’al-Jihad (Monotheism and Holy War) group, is regarded as a chief operative of al-Qaida in Iraq His group has been involved in kidnappings and violence, including mass casualty suicide attacks, against foreign nationals and Iraqis, although it primarily targets US forces and infrastructures. Arab press reports say that his Al-Tawhid group has divided Iraq into several “emirates”, and that the group's members – estimated at between 50 to 500 militants - operate in the cities of Falluja, Qaim, Diyala, and Samarra. Early last year, the US put a bounty of US$25 million on his head, almost equal to the reward offered for Osama bin Laden. Al-Zarqawi’s group is said to have claimed responsibility for the recent assassination of Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidari. In a statement on the Internet, Al-Tawhid threatened that all “traitors” would meet the same fate as al-Haidari. Last Friday, according to a press statement from the interim Iraqi government, the Multi-National Forces (MNF) captured Fadil Hussain Ahmed al-Kurdi, a senior member of al-Zarqawi's network, in northern Baghdad. According to the statement, Al-Kurdi was responsible for communications between al-Qaida and al-Zarqawi’s group as well as for coordinating the movement of fighters into and out of Iraq. The government said that al-Zarqawi's network had suffered a significant loss recently with the arrest on 23 December of Abu Marwan, a leader of a Mosul-based splinter group affiliated with al-Tawhid. Al-Zarqawi's name first surfaced in connection with the murder of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman, Jordan in October 2002. Since then, his network has abducted more than 100 foreigners and beheaded many of them in a campaign to force governments participating in the multi-national occupation force to withdraw their troops from Iraq. Al-Zarqawi's network reportedly pledged “allegiance” to al-Qaida in a statement released on 17 October 2004 that also implied that his group was in contact with al-Qaida regarding its operations in Iraq. (By Animesh Roul in New Delhi)
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=10510
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From CNN:
Feds hunt for man trying to buy explosive ingredient
Fertilizer chemical same as one used in Oklahoma City bomb
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal authorities searched Wednesday for a man using a Middle Eastern name and possibly bogus construction credentials to try to purchase large quantities of an explosive ingredient used by Timothy McVeigh to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/05/fertilizer.explosives.ap/index.html
Attorneys for accused enemy combatant demand U.S. prove its case
(CNN) -- Attorneys for imprisoned "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla argued in federal court that their client should be charged with a crime or released.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/06/padilla.hearing/index.html
Homeland Security to release national emergency plan
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security is expected to release a wide-ranging National Response Plan on Thursday to coordinate U.S. government response to large-scale emergencies, including terrorist attacks
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/06/nat.plan/index.html
Pilots want warnings, training about laser dangers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials with airline pilots unions say the government should be doing more to alert them to incidents involving lasers and to provide guidance about how best to protect themselves against beams that can blind.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/01/06/laser.aircraft.ap/index.html
More sad news out of Iraq. Prayers for the soldiers and their families. The news at the top of hour said 8 killed.
Roadside Bomb Kills 7 Soldiers in Iraq
Iraqi army tanks roll past Iraqi Interim Premier Ayad Allawi, not seen, during a military parade at the al-Taji base, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=390762
Ummmm, shouldn't they have done this by now? Better late than never?
The text of the Al -Z article is a repeat of previous articles, thus appears to be an echo. Nothing new, unfortunately.